Hunting knife



Sept l. 1925.l

Y K. E. HAR'rsAuER HUNTING KNIFE,

F1104 Jan. :50,` 1923 Patented Sept. l, 1925.

UNITED STA-TES PATENT OFI-fica.

KONRAD E. HARTBAUER, OF BOUNDARY,`WASHINGTQN.

HUNTING KNIFE.

Application med January ao, 1923.y seriai No. 515,s67.

To all @07mm t may concern:

Be it known Vthat KONRAD E. HAnrisAUEn, Va citizen ofthe United States, residlng at Boundary, in the county of Stevens and State of Washington, 'has invented'certain new Land useful Improvements in Hunting Knives, of which the following is a specilication. l v

1 This invention relates to a hunting knife.

and has for its principalobject to provide a simple and efficient knifefor the purpose of more easily and readily cutting down trees or the like. p

Another important'object of the invention is to provide a knife of the above mentioned character, which can be also used for skin- .ning and dissectingpurposes. I

Astill further object of the invention is to provide ya knife `of the above mentioned character, which is of simpl-.e construction,

part of this specification and in which likev numerals designate like parts throughout the same knife.

Figure 2 is a similar viewl showing the guard in position lupon the serrated edge of the knife.

Figure 3 is a top plan view, and

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig, 1.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a blade which is provided with a suitable handle at one end. This handle 2 may be secured to the blade l by suitable fastening rivets 3. The one edge of the blade 1 which is slightly curved at its outer end as more clearly shown in the drawing is sharpened as shown at 4.

The rear edge of the curved blade 1 is provided with serrations 5 and these serrations 5 extend from the handle 2 to a point adjacent the forward end of the said blade. The purpose of these serrations will be hereinafter more fully described. The serrations 5 which extend along the major portion the upper edge ofthe blade 1 terminate into a cutting edge 6 which is similar 'to the cutting edge 4. y

` The handle 2 which is carried at oneend of the bladevl Lmay be formed oftwosirnilar pieces of wood or the like and secured'by kmeans of the rivets 3 to the end ofthe blade .and the inner faces of the handle 2 are provided with longitudinal cutout portions.y

adjacent the upper edges'the'reof as' more clearly shownrat ,7 in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings.

The purpose of this construction istoallow 'a guard 8 which is substantially VU-shaped in cross section and pivoted. at one end to -the inner end of the handle 2 as shown at 9 inthe drawing and this Ufshaped guard is adapted to fit within the longitudinal recessesformed by the handle 2 when not in use. The free end of the Ushapedgua'rd `8 is vprovided with a notched portiony whereby an extension 10 is formedfor the purpose of f more 'easily facilitating the voperation and handling of lthe guard 8 when itifsldesired to place the sainer in position. The'guard 8 is swung upon the pivot 9 out of the handle'l 2 and when it is in position it will completely enclose the major portion of the serrated upper edge of the blade 1 when'the serrated edge of the blade'is not used.

In use the knife is operated by the person grasping the handle 2 and when it is desired to cut down a tree or the like the serrated edge 5 is uncoveredby swinging the guard 8 into the handle 2 and the serrations will cause the blade to act as a saw for the purpose of cutting down a tree or any limb. This enables the tree to be'cut down more' quickly and eiciently than it necessarily would take if a hatchetwere employed and furthermore does not necessitate the carryy ing of a small axe or other'y additional tools as is sometimes carried by the campers of today. By providing the upper edge of the blade 1 with serrations along the Inaj'or por.- tion thereof and having Vthe remaining portion of the upper edge provided with a cutting edge or a blunt edge there is no danger of the serrations beingv caught while in operation and thereby preventing the eiiicient operation of the implement. This will save considerable time and also prevent any danger which may be caused by having the cutting purposes the bottom edge is used and the guard 8v is swung in position to enclose the seri-ations as more clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The simplicity of the construction of my knife enables th'eisameto be used for various purposes and I do not Wish to confine myself to the use of my knife to only the saW- ing and cutting down of trees or the like.4

It is customary in the Skinning and dissecting in the slaughter houses to employ various implements for these purposes and With a knife of my construction the same results can be obtained as "now obtained by using theseveral implements. y

Furthermore by employing a knife of the above mentioned character, the simplicity vand efliciency of. operation of the same renders it a very idealV and useful tool to any .hunter and furthermore can be obtained at -minor details of construction may be resorted to, Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention; Y

Ihat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is hunting knife comprising a blade having `its one edge sharpened and curved at the nter end, the back edge of said blade being designed and adapted for specific uses at predetermined times, said back Vedge at its outervend being straight and sharpened, an inner end extension formed on said blade, a handle member comprising a pair of sections secured to opposite faces of said eXtension and projecting beyondthe side edges of the latter, the inner' opposed faces of said handle sections at the back edge being cut away to provide an elongated channel exn tending from the blade toward the free end of said handle, an elongated channel-shaped thumb guard, oivoted at its one endbetivee'n the Walls of said channel the innerend ofthe latter and adapted to sheathl the inner end portion of theback edge of saidfbla'de" to protect the thumb of the V.operator when using the'cutting edge of the blade, said guard being adapted for 'reception inthe channel. of said handle member' 'When the guardis disposed to its ineffective Vposition, the free end of said guard being notched to provide linger holds forremoving the same from the aforesaid channel,

as and for the purposes described.

ture.

KONRAD E. HABTBAUER.

In testimony whereof I amX my signa-v` 

